Marguerite PROVOST

(b. 5 December 1718 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 2 December 1794 , Boucherville, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite PROVOST was born 5 December 1718 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Marguerite PROVOST was the child of François PROVOST and Marguerite BOURDON and the grandchild of: (paternal) René PROVOST and Marie-Anne DAUDELIN (maternal) Jacques BOURDON and Marie-Louise MENARD dite LAFONTAINE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marguerite married Pierre ROBERT 25 May 1739 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre ROBERT was born 9 December 1714 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 31 May 1791 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Pierre was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Geneviève BRÉBANT dite LECOMPTE.

Marguerite PROVOST died 2 December 1794 in Boucherville, Lower Canada .

m. Pierre Robert
25 May 1739
Boucherville, Qc

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marguerite PROVOST married

Pierre ROBERT-- Date: 25 May 1739 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Pierre ROBERT was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Geneviève BRÉBANT dite LECOMPTE

Children of Pierre ROBERT and Marguerite PROVOST:

Marguerite ROBERT (b.12 February 1740, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 19 June 1823, Boucherville, Lower Canada )
m. Etienne BIRTZ dit DESMARTEAUX 18 April 1757 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1718 Birth
5 December 1718
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1739 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite PROVOST and Pierre ROBERT 25 May 1739, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 20 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Marguerite ROBERT was born 12 February 1740, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marguerite was 21 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Marriage of Child
Marguerite ROBERT married 18 April 1757, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Etienne BIRTZ dit DESMARTEAUX

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.